29 November 2010

research questions

...brainstorming ideas for HR presentation...


> was the social atmosphere of South Africa already changing before Nelson Mandela took power?
> were there other factors which allowed for Mandela's success?
> how did Mandela achieve his goal of uniting a previously very segregated 
country?
> how was the UN/international community involved in South Africa?

> what was the historical/cultural/international importance of Mandela's success? How did it impact South Africa, but also other countries as well?

to do:

- research before and after
- rewatch Invictus
- maybe talk to Mr. Kark
- look up news stories from the time period from multiple countries
- what was the international attitude towards racial segregation, apartheid, etc.

sign from the apartheid era:

 

20 November 2010

HR presentation proposal

I'm interested in Nelson Mandela and how he managed to united a country that had a very long history of extreme racial segregation. Mostly watching Invictus caused me to be interested in this, but then even just reading half of the Wikipedia article was really fascinating. Other than that I haven't really done much research yet. My questions mainly concern the technicalities of the issue, as I think I only really managed to get up to the 1950s in the Wikipedia article, so I will want to read more on the topic.